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Nanotechnology. - Ecologist, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 72, Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Nanotechnology, May 2003; pp. 27-42.

"The growth of technology in the last half century has been driven by our ability to work at an increasingly small scale. Computers became more powerful the more we were able to pack onto ever smaller chips. In agriculture, where once we had crossbred individual animals or plants, biotechnology enabled us to manipulate the genes themselves. Now nanotechnology takes us to an even smaller scale--to the level of the atom, the building block of everything that exists." (ECOLOGIST) This article describes nanotechnology and examines how it may impact our lives.

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Agricultural biotechnology
Atomic force microscopy
Atomic structure
Bioethics
Convergence (Technology)
Green technology
Medical technology
Military art and science
Molecular electronics
Nanostructure materials
Nanotechnology
Nanotubes
Scanning tunneling microscopy

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